Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Inukai
Kazutaka Inukai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9117913Abstract: A current storing circuit capable of having a small area, a simple structure with the small number of devices, a low consumption current operation and high yield in manufacturing is provided. Applying the current storing circuit to the current-driving type of display device such as an OLED display device can improve the aperture rate of pixels and reliability of the display device as well as highly functionalize the display device. The invention is characterized by using a new semiconductor element in a shape of a transistor having plural drains or sources. When the semiconductor elements is used for both of a writing element and a driving element, reading in and storing a current value and outputting the current can be performed by only the two semiconductor elements, so that the area occupied by the devices would be easily reduced significantly.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazutaka Inukai
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Patent number: 8956895Abstract: An inexpensive light emitting device and inexpensive electric equipment are provided. A substrate on which a semiconductor element or a light emitting element is formed and a color filter are manufactured by separate manufacturing processes, and they are bonded to each other to complete the light emitting device. Thus, the yield of the light emitting device is improved and the manufacture period is shortened.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeshi Fukunaga, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai
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Publication number: 20140253811Abstract: An electro-optical device having a plurality of pixels including a plurality of EL elements, wherein the electro-optical device provides a gray scale display by controlling a period of time at which the plurality of the EL elements emit light in one frame period; the plurality of the EL elements have a first electrode and a second electrode; the first electrode is held at a constant potential; and a potential of the second electrode changes in such a manner that a polarity of an EL driving voltage, which is a difference between the potentials applied to the first and second electrodes, is inverted for each one frame period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Shunpei Yamazaki, Mai Osada
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Patent number: 8829668Abstract: There is provided an electronic device in which the deterioration of the device is prevented and an aperture ratio is improved without using a black mask and without increasing the number of masks. In the electronic device, a first electrode (113) is disposed on another layer different from the layer on which a gate wiring (145) is disposed as a gate electrode, and a semiconductor layer of a pixel switching TFT is superimposed on the gate wiring (145) so as to be shielded from a light. Thus, the deterioration of the TFT is suppressed, and a high aperture ratio is realized.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai
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Patent number: 8736520Abstract: An electro-optical device having a plurality of pixels including a plurality of EL elements, wherein the electro-optical device provides a gray scale display by controlling a period of time at which the plurality of the EL elements emit light in one frame period; the plurality of the EL elements have a first electrode and a second electrode; the first electrode is held at a constant potential; and a potential of the second electrode changes in such a manner that a polarity of an EL driving voltage, which is a difference between the potentials applied to the first and second electrodes, is inverted for each one frame period.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Shunpei Yamazaki, Mai Osada
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Patent number: 8648345Abstract: There is provided an electronic device having high reliability and high color reproducibility. A pixel structure is made such that a switching FET (201) and an electric current controlling FET (202) are formed on a single crystal semiconductor substrate (11), and an EL element (203) is electrically connected to the electric current controlling FET (202). The fluctuation in characteristics of the electric current controlling FET (202) is very low among pixels, and an image with high color reproducibility can be obtained. By taking hot carrier measures in the electric current controlling FET (202), the electronic device having high reliability can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshimitsu Konuma, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Mayumi Mizukami
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Publication number: 20130229117Abstract: A display device capable of displaying a picture of vivid colors maintaining a good balance of colors and a good balance of light-emitting brightnesses of the EL elements. The widths of the detour wirings supplying current to the power source feed lines are increased for those EL elements into which a current of a large density flows. This constitution decreases the wiring resistances of the detour wirings, decreases the potential drop through the detour wirings, and suppresses the amount of electric power consumed by the detour wirings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Semiconducto Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun KOYAMA, Kazutaka INUKAI, Mitsuaki OSAME
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Patent number: 8436846Abstract: A display device capable of displaying a picture of vivid colors maintaining a good balance of colors and a good balance of light-emitting brightnesses of the EL elements. The widths of the detour wirings supplying current to the power source feed lines are increased for those EL elements into which a current of a large density flows. This constitution decreases the wiring resistances of the detour wirings, decreases the potential drop through the detour wirings, and suppresses the amount of electric power consumed by the detour wirings.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Mitsuaki Osame
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Publication number: 20120061718Abstract: There is provided an electronic device having high reliability and high color reproducibility. A pixel structure is made such that a switching FET (201) and an electric current controlling FET (202) are formed on a single crystal semiconductor substrate (11), and an EL element (203) is electrically connected to the electric current controlling FET (202). The fluctuation in characteristics of the electric current controlling FET (202) is very low among pixels, and an image with high color reproducibility can be obtained. By taking hot carrier measures in the electric current controlling FET (202), the electronic device having high reliability can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshimitsu Konuma, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Mayumi Mizukami
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Publication number: 20120001187Abstract: There is provided an electronic device in which the deterioration of the device is prevented and an aperture ratio is improved without using a black mask and without increasing the number of masks. In the electronic device, a first electrode (113) is disposed on another layer different from the layer on which a gate wiring (145) is disposed as a gate electrode, and a semiconductor layer of a pixel switching TFT is superimposed on the gate wiring (145) so as to be shielded from a light. Thus, the deterioration of the TFT is suppressed, and a high aperture ratio is realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai
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Patent number: 8017945Abstract: There is provided an electronic device having high reliability and high color reproducibility. A pixel structure is made such that a switching FET (201) and an electric current controlling FET (202) are formed on a single crystal semiconductor substrate (11), and an EL element (203) is electrically connected to the electric current controlling PET (202). The fluctuation in characteristics of the electric current controlling FET (202) is very low among pixels, and an image with high color reproducibility can be obtained. By taking hot carrier measures in the electric current controlling FET (202), the electronic device having high reliability can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshimitsu Konuma, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Mayumi Mizukami
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Patent number: 8017944Abstract: There is provided an electronic device in which the deterioration of the device is prevented and an aperture ratio is improved without using a black mask and without increasing the number of masks. In the electronic device, a first electrode (113) is disposed on another layer different from the layer on which a gate wiring (145) is disposed as a gate electrode, and a semiconductor layer of a pixel switching TFT is superimposed on the gate wiring (145) so as to be shielded from a light. Thus, the deterioration of the TFT is suppressed, and a high aperture ratio is realized.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai
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Patent number: 7820464Abstract: The light emitting device according to the present invention is characterized in that a gate electrode comprising a plurality of conductive films is formed, and concentrations of impurity regions in an active layer are adjusted with making use of selectivity of the conductive films in etching and using them as masks. The present invention reduces the number of photolithography steps in relation to manufacturing the TFT for improving yield of the light emitting device and shortening manufacturing term thereof, by which a light emitting device and an electronic appliance are inexpensively provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeshi Fukunaga, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai
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Publication number: 20100073352Abstract: A current storing circuit capable of having a small area, a simple structure with the small number of devices, a low consumption current operation and high yield in manufacturing is provided. Applying the current storing circuit to the current-driving type of display device such as an OLED display device can improve the aperture rate of pixels and reliability of the display device as well as highly functionalize the display device. The invention is characterized by using a new semiconductor element in a shape of a transistor having plural drains or sources. When the semiconductor elements is used for both of a writing element and a driving element, reading in and storing a current value and outputting the current can be performed by only the two semiconductor elements, so that the area occupied by the devices would be easily reduced significantly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazutaka INUKAI
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Publication number: 20100073269Abstract: A display device capable of displaying a picture of vivid colors maintaining a good balance of colors and a good balance of light-emitting brightnesses of the EL elements. The widths of the detour wirings supplying current to the power source feed lines are increased for those EL elements into which a current of a large density flows. This constitution decreases the wiring resistances of the detour wirings, decreases the potential drop through the detour wirings, and suppresses the amount of electric power consumed by the detour wirings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun KOYAMA, Kazutaka INUKAI, Mitsuaki OSAME
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Patent number: 7639248Abstract: A display device capable of displaying a picture of vivid colors maintaining a good balance of colors and a good balance of light-emitting brightnesses of the EL elements. The widths of the detour wirings supplying current to the power source feed lines are increased for those EL elements into which a current of a large density flows. This constitution decreases the wiring resistances of the detour wirings, decreases the potential drop through the detour wirings, and suppresses the amount of electric power consumed by the detour wirings.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Mitsuaki Osame
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Patent number: 7629611Abstract: A current storing circuit capable of having a small area, a simple structure with the small number of devices, a low consumption current operation and high yield in manufacturing is provided. Applying the current storing circuit to the current-driving type of display device such as an OLED display device can improve the aperture rate of pixels and reliability of the display device as well as highly functionalize the display device. The invention is characterized by using a new semiconductor element in a shape of a transistor having plural drains or sources. When the semiconductor elements is used for both of a writing element and a driving element, reading in and storing a current value and outputting the current can be performed by only the two semiconductor elements, so that the area occupied by the devices would be easily reduced significantly.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2002Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazutaka Inukai
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Publication number: 20090298210Abstract: An inexpensive light emitting device and inexpensive electric equipment are provided. A substrate on which a semiconductor element or a light emitting element is formed and a color filter are manufactured by separate manufacturing processes, and they are bonded to each other to complete the light emitting device. Thus, the yield of the light emitting device is improved and the manufacture period is shortened.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeshi Fukunaga, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai
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Publication number: 20090233390Abstract: The light emitting device according to the present invention is characterized in that a gate electrode comprising a plurality of conductive films is formed, and concentrations of impurity regions in an active layer are adjusted with making use of selectivity of the conductive films in etching and using them as masks. The present invention reduces the number of photolithography steps in relation to manufacturing the TFT for improving yield of the light emitting device and shortening manufacturing term thereof, by which a light emitting device and an electronic appliance are inexpensively provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Takeshi FUKUNAGA, Jun KOYAMA, Kazutaka INUKAI
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Patent number: 7579203Abstract: An inexpensive light emitting device and inexpensive electric equipment are provided. A substrate on which a semiconductor element or a light emitting element is formed and a color filter are manufactured by separate manufacturing processes, and they are bonded to each other to complete the light emitting device. Thus, the yield of the light emitting device is improved and the manufacture period is shortened.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2001Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeshi Fukunaga, Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai